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| /dɒt/ |
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| 1 | a very small spot of ink or colour 点 |
| The female fish is yellow, with tiny orange dots on the tail. 雌鱼是黄色的，尾巴有橙黄色的小点。 |
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| 2 | something that looks very small because it is far away （因为相距很远）看上去很小的东西 |
| We watched until the plane was just a dot in the sky. 我们注视着飞机直到它在天空中成了一个小黑点。 |
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| 3 | a short flash of light or sound used in morse code (= a system for sending messages, used especially in the past) . A long flash or sound is called a dash . （莫尔斯电码中的）点 |
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| 4 | the way you say the symbol . in an Internet or email address 点（因特网或电子邮件地址中的符号 .的说法） |
| The URL is www dot, google dot, com. 网址是www.google.com。 |
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| - | on the dot
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| at exactly the time that you mention , especially when this is a time that you have arranged |
| 准时地 |
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| He arrived at 8 o’ clock on the dot. 他8点准时到达。 |
| +of I was there on the dot of four, as agreed. 我按照事先约好的时间4点整到达那里。 |
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| - | since/from the year dot
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| since a very long time ago |
| 很久以来 |
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| We’ ve known each other since the year dot. 我们已经互相认识很久了。 |
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